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The WIND page needs to include but is not limited to the information below:

1. Describe this alternative resource.
2. Describe the process used to transform this energy into electrical energy.
3. Describe the advantages of using this resource instead of burning fossil fuels.
4. Describe the disadvantages of using this resource.
5. Describe how this energy relates to your everyday life.
6. Include pictures, maps, or diagrams relating to the use of this resource.

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These are wind turbines.

What is wind energy?

Wind energy is caused by the suns uneven heating, this means that different parts of the earth are heated at different times. Hot air rises and does not put as much pressure on the earth, cooler air replaces the warm air which is a result of wind. Everything has mass including wind, when it is moving it has the energy of any motion, witch is kinetic energy. This kinetic energy can be transformed into electrical energy.

This diagram demonstrates the different parts of a vertical-axis and a horizontal-axis. You can see how they have the same principles.

Wind Energy into Electrical Energy

There are two kinds of wind turbines, one is on the horizontal-axis and the other is on the vertical-axis, they both have the same principles. Every wind turbine has a rotor, a nacelle, a drive train, generator, gearbox, and a tower. Each of these objects work in the process of turning wind energy into electrical energy. This process starts out by the wind moving the blades (rotor) in a circular motion, this energy (kinetic energy) gives motion to the drive train, then that energy is turned into electrical energy in the generators and moved to utility companies or home power grids (power lines that transfer the energy from the wind turbines to your house).

Advantages and Disadvantages

​ The advantages of using wind energy is that it is a renewable resource and that it is ample (we can never run out of wind energy). Wind energy isn't expensive and it causes no pollution in the air unlike fossil fuels.

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